We collected 480 signatures yesterday and there are 80 on the web petition, so that makes 560 at the moment.

It was very interesting speaking with people about the pools plans. There was general (but not total) ignorance about the council's plans and a certain amount of shock that total demolition was the current plan. There was quite a lot of affection for the old building, with many people talking about how they went there as children or with their own children. Of about 100 people I spoke with only 3 refused to sign and disagreed with us, one of them on the grounds that they wanted a hydrotherapy pool now (which could be possible in new plans - Peckham Pulse has a learner pool which also functions as a hydrotherapy pool).

My general impression was very strongly that most people I spoke with (and they were a reasonable cross section of people from different parts of the area, different ages, different backgrounds and those with and without children) were suprpised and displeased by the current plan of action. Generally most people seemed to fidn it suprising that there was not a plan to renovate or refurbish the pools.